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Just how many Famicom (NES) games do you think are over to the left? Sights like this aren't uncommon in retro gaming stores. In fact it's the most common one. It's no wonder there are so many Famicom clones out there. Just like this one below that was spotted outside of a back street shop in Akihabara on display for all to see. This particular Famicom clone is Japanese made and sold in many independent game shops. By the way, if you right click on the Famicom games wall and save it to your hard drive you'll be able to view it at it's original size.
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| Here we can see quite a few Sega Gold Cartridges for use with the Sega Mark III console, otherwise known as a Sega Master System in the west. |
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OOOHHHH, look at that !! A brand new looking Sega Mark III card game. This one happens to be Hang On. These things are becoming rarer day by day. I was going to pick a load of them up but with the cheapest being Hang On that I already have. I decided not to bother. |
| Below you can see a wonderful collection of Mega CD games. Some of which are still factory sealed !!! I think just about every Mega CD title released in Japan was here. | |
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Of course if we have Mega CD games then we need Mega Drive games too. Prices on Mega Drive software can vary dramatically from a few hundred yen to ten thousand yen. This is quite steep when you think that the average price of a new game now is about 5800 to 6800 yen. Just take a look at the small selection of games pictured that the shop had. Their full collection is about 5 times more than what's pictured here. |
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To the left you can see a selection of PC Engine Hu-cards and CDRoms. The PC Engine had a huge following in Japan with more games made for it than the Sega Mega Drive I believe. It makes you wonder how NEC never managed to repeat the success with a follow up piece of hardware. |
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right? Could it be everyone's favorite red haired witch, Cotton? Sadly the prices for some of the better and rarer PC Engine games can be quite steep. The cotton game pictured to the right can cost up to 5000 yen at times. Same goes for the Saturn version too. The Mega Drive game Panorama Cotton sells for the very high price of 12'000 yen or higher !! Even the pretty dull Dreamcast Cotton game is quite expensive nowadays. |
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Here we have a selection of PC FX games. NEC's follow up to the PC Engine and what a flop it was. Most of these games are no more than interactive animation games, but there are one or two action titles available. |
| I bet that you've never seen this many Saturn games in a shop before have you ? The Saturn in Japan was quite successful compared to it's western releases. Saturn retro gaming is also one of the biggest (PlayStation is practically nothing compared even though the games are everywhere, they just don't sell) Many of these games sell for a fair price but if you're after shooting games be prepared to pay up. Radiant Silver Gun sells from 12'000 yen and titles like DoDonpachi go from 6000 yen !! That doesn't seem to stop the Japanese Retro gamers though. They'll pay anything !!! I even saw a guy pay 24'000 yen for Taomaru (If I named it right) the ninja game by Time Warner. |
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Ok, we've had a look at the reconditioned and new retro game scene in Japan so now let's move on to the Junk scene. Head on over by clicking here |
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